Peter Noble (soccer player)

Peter Noble (born August 19, 1944 in Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , † May 6, 2017 ) was an English football player .

Athletic career

Noble began his career as an amateur player at the AFC Consett in non-league football , while working full-time as a painter and decorator. In 1964 he moved as a professional to Newcastle United in the Second Division , with whom he rose to the First Division at the end of his first season . In the almost four years overshadowed by injuries in Tyne and Wear , the striker did not prevail and was sold to Swindon Town in the third division after a total of only 25 league appearances in January 1968 .

1969 was a successful year for Noble and Swindon Town, in which the team rose to the second division as runner-up behind Watford FC tied on points . The highlight, however, was the final of the League Cup against Arsenal , which went into overtime for the Londoners after goals from Roger Smart and the late equalizer from Bobby Gould . Here Noble's teammate Don Rogers led the third division side to the first national title win in the club's history with two hits. This was followed six months later by the first international title win, when the English and Italian league cup winners clash in the context of the Anglo-Italian league cup , when the AS Roma team trained by Helenio Herrera after a 2-1 defeat in the first leg with a 4-0 second leg win was outclassed. Noble had marked the goal for the English in the first leg. While Swindon Town established itself in the second division , the next title followed in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1970 with a 3-0 win over SSC Napoli , in which the game was prematurely abandoned due to rioting by Italian supporters.

After more than 200 games in five seasons, Noble moved to Burnley FC in 1973 , who had been promoted to the First Division. Initially, he was only left with the role of substitute, as coach Jimmy Adamson relied on the established formation of the promotion team. Only after an injury to defender Mick Docherty did the former offensive player move into the team in the central defensive position. In April 1974 he was with the team in the final of the Texaco Cup , which was decided in favor of his former club Newcastle United despite a goal from Paul Fletcher with goals conceded by Robert Moncur and Malcolm Macdonald . In the following season he moved to midfield for Martin Dobson, who had migrated to Everton, and from then on shone again as a regular goalscorer. As a result, he was given the nickname "Uwe", based on Uwe Seeler , because of his hairstyle . After the club was relegated to the second division in 1976, he remained loyal to the club and later became team captain . Mixed performances in the league were masked by winning the Anglo-Scottish Cup in 1979 when Oldham Athletic was defeated with a 4-1 home win and a 0-1 away defeat. Noble was next to the two-time successful Steve Kindon and Jim Thomson as a goal scorer in appearance.

Then Noble was sorted out by coach Brian Miller in the relegation battle club, so that he joined the third division club Blackpool in January 1980 . With this, however, he rose in 1981 at the side of his former Burnley comrade Fletcher in the fourth class Fourth Division , where he ended his active career in 1983 at the age of 38.

After his football career, Noble ran a sports shop in downtown Burnley.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Noble: 1944–2017. In: burnleyfootballclub.com. Burnley FC , May 6, 2017, accessed May 16, 2017.
   Peter Noble - 1944–2017 In: nufc.co.uk. Newcastle United , May 7, 2017, accessed May 16, 2017.